What is this bird?

tigershoot
Posted 05/09/2020 - 13:19 Link
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I have no idea.
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MHOL190246
Posted 05/09/2020 - 13:38 Link
It looks like a juvenile Starling, possibly fresh out of a birdbath!!
Gwyn
Posted 05/09/2020 - 14:13 Link
Or a juvenile blackbird in the process of becoming black?
tigershoot
Posted 05/09/2020 - 14:18 Link
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Another photo showing a different angle
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takuman
Posted 05/09/2020 - 15:09 Link
Young blackbird?
Just passing thru
Jumbo48
Posted 05/09/2020 - 15:49 Link
Yes definitely a young Blackbird.
Regards John/Jumbo
Lubbyman
Posted 05/09/2020 - 17:13 Link
Definitely the beak of a blackbird. Starlings have a more pointy beak to poke into your lawn to find creepy crawlies.

Steve
tigershoot
Posted 05/09/2020 - 17:38 Link
Thanks folks. I assume at this stage it's impossible to know if it's male or female?
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JAK
Posted 05/09/2020 - 18:05 - Helpful Comment Link
Male blackbird 100%
John K
Gwyn
Posted 05/09/2020 - 19:03 - Helpful Comment Link
Yep, won't get the yellow beak for a while.
RobL
Posted 06/09/2020 - 11:46 Link
Update on my wasp war, despite the battery of wasp nest sprays the most effective treatment was wedging a piece of wood into the entrance of the underground nest.
RobL
Posted 06/09/2020 - 18:18 Link
Sorry I posted in the wrong thread.

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